Howard Johnson Edson

Budget hotel with lounge close to Edson's town centre with many very negative complaints

Pros

Free Wi-Fi, free continental breakfast, free parking

Some guests found the hotel affordable

Cons

Reviews were largely mixed regarding the comfort of rooms and friendlness of staff

Guests complained of dirty rooms and mouldy bathrooms

Guests had concerns about leaving vehicles parked in the lot

Some guests experienced noise transfer during their stay

A few guests felt the decor was worn and out-dated

Freebies

Free Wi-Fi

Free Breakfast

Free Parking

Rooms

Adults

Kids

Kids' Ages

Editor's Review

Updated Oct 13, 2014

Overview

Located just south of the Yellowhead Highway and less than a kilometre from Edson's town centre, the Howard Johnson North Ridge Inn is geared to road travellers requiring an overnight stay in a central location of downtown Edson.

This hotel has 65 air-conditioned guest rooms, each offering one or two double beds, free Wi-Fi, cable TV, a coffeemaker, an iron and ironing board, a desk, and a hair dryer. Rooms with microwaves and mini-fridges are also available, as are those with full kitchenettes. Hotel amenities include a business centre and fitness facilities. Parking is free, and pets are permitted for a fee of $10 per stay. The hotel does not offer accessible rooms.

A free continental breakfast is offered to all guests daily at the on-site Timberfire Lounge and Bar, which serves breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Other restaurants nearby include Coconut Tree Restaurant (around the corner), and Golden Honey Restaurant (roughly a 5-minute walk northwest of the hotel).

The Howard Johnson North Ridge Inn is a 6-minute walk from the Edson Curling Club, while the local cinema, Nova Theatre, can be found 5 minutes north on foot. Red Brick Arts Centre and Museum is a 4-minute drive north by car, and Edson Airport (YET) is about a 7-minute drive west of the hotel. (All distances and travel time estimates: Google Maps)

Some guests had complaints about noise transfer during their stay. They described hearing noise from other guests through the walls, as well as from the trains outside. One reviewer also mentioned being disturbed by the music from the on-site lounge at night. Guests noticed sketchy characters milling around the hotel's parking lot and some considered them to be "local drunks loitering near the front door".

The hotel's rooms were a disappointment for many reviewers. Complaints were many and included: mouldy bathrooms, dirty walls, doors that looked broken into, rooms that smelled bad, bed bugs, parking lot in very poor shape with pot holes, loud bar customers coming and going at all times of the night, making noise, fighting and arguing from guests and bar patrons, smoke and marijuana smells, motorcycle gang fighting in the parking lot, smashed windows, hallway carpets stank, noisy AC, smoke detector broken, stucco finishing in the bathroom looks dirty, drunks harassing guests in the parking lot